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The plateau Livadi, at a height of 1,020 meters, covers a surface of 1,000 hectares. It is located 10km west of the village Kroussonas, Heraklion Prefecture and 37km southwest of Heraklion Town, on the eastern slopes of Psiloritis Mountain. Agriculture and stock-raising are the main activities of its inhabitants: their dairy products, livestock and fruit (apples, pears, walnuts, prunes, among others) are of excellent quality. The Livadi plateau, of Kroussonas is a real orchard with 300,000 pear-trees and some apple-trees. The Livadi is a beautiful place, well worth a visit in the summer. From here you can admire the Kroussonas Gorge which goes from the village of Kitharida all the way to Zomintho an ancient source on the Psiloritis Mountain. It is said that the Minoans followed this gorge to reach the "Ideon Andron", the cave where Zeus was born, and one can still see traces of this ancient passage.
The mountainous municipality of Kroussonas includes the village of Kroussonas, that of Kitharida and the monastery of Agia Irini. Its total population amounts to 3,071 inhabitants; the municipality covers 7,000 hectares of which 1,500 are wooded land (cypresses, cedars, oaks, and so on).
The mountainous municipality of Kroussonas includes the village of Kroussonas, that of Kitharida and the monastery of Agia Irini. Its total population amounts to 3,071 inhabitants; the municipality covers 7,000 hectares of which 1,500 are wooded land (cypresses, cedars, oaks, and so on).
